Status Update - Sirius: Age of the Free Agents [6th Dec 2018]
Author: indiefoldcreator
Date:
Sat, 22 Feb 2025
Game: Sirius
Genre:
Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Early Access
Developer: Digital Dawn Studios
Release Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2015
Developer: Digital Dawn Studios
Release Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2015
Hello, dear Players, it is time for more communication.
Let me preface all of this with a small announcement. Thae Name of the upcoming project is "Sirius: Age of the Free Agents" and will be a standalone project.
There is significant work going on to create new systems, new environments and new mechanics, updating the NPCs, making a new interface and much much more (Storyline anyone?). This means, to continue working on this project, there is funding necessary after release - and as you hopefully understand, this can only happen when it gets to be a brand new game.
Performance Improcements
Age of the Free Agents was able to run over 48 hours on max graphics settings without even remotely slowing down. This is a massive improvement compared to Sirius Online, but I do have to see on full Feature complete status how its working out.
Universe Improvements
So fa, the Universe, instead of being one large simulated chunk, is divided into many system (7 at launch, more maybe later, if wanted).
Enemy Improvements
I'm working on this one at the moment, updating the Inhouse AI called T.O.A.St (Tactical Oriented Artificial STupidity) to version 9.0 to recognize laser weapons, faction war and simulate more around the system with a brand new Spot-Detect system, causing NPC traders to use Gates and new Trade zones, or go mining.
Market and UI Updates
This is a bigger chunk to finish. The Items that are collectible and mineable will be massively reduced, and laser and Ship menu will be revamped as well. all of it will also be moved to the center and the access buttons will be unified to fit to the map instead of an unsavoury row to the left.
Finishing words
There has been more work than expected to finish this thing but so far, both project as my own twitch API library have been growing steadily.
As this is going to be a standalone project, I have determined a price point as well, and it is the same as Sirius Online currently has. There will be NO bundles on 3rd party sites, and to that extend only very few reviewer key have been handed out.
I hope you do understand this decision and look forward to further progress.
Let me preface all of this with a small announcement. Thae Name of the upcoming project is "Sirius: Age of the Free Agents" and will be a standalone project.
There is significant work going on to create new systems, new environments and new mechanics, updating the NPCs, making a new interface and much much more (Storyline anyone?). This means, to continue working on this project, there is funding necessary after release - and as you hopefully understand, this can only happen when it gets to be a brand new game.
Performance Improcements
Age of the Free Agents was able to run over 48 hours on max graphics settings without even remotely slowing down. This is a massive improvement compared to Sirius Online, but I do have to see on full Feature complete status how its working out.
Universe Improvements
So fa, the Universe, instead of being one large simulated chunk, is divided into many system (7 at launch, more maybe later, if wanted).
Enemy Improvements
I'm working on this one at the moment, updating the Inhouse AI called T.O.A.St (Tactical Oriented Artificial STupidity) to version 9.0 to recognize laser weapons, faction war and simulate more around the system with a brand new Spot-Detect system, causing NPC traders to use Gates and new Trade zones, or go mining.
Market and UI Updates
This is a bigger chunk to finish. The Items that are collectible and mineable will be massively reduced, and laser and Ship menu will be revamped as well. all of it will also be moved to the center and the access buttons will be unified to fit to the map instead of an unsavoury row to the left.
Finishing words
There has been more work than expected to finish this thing but so far, both project as my own twitch API library have been growing steadily.
As this is going to be a standalone project, I have determined a price point as well, and it is the same as Sirius Online currently has. There will be NO bundles on 3rd party sites, and to that extend only very few reviewer key have been handed out.
I hope you do understand this decision and look forward to further progress.
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